- Glubbdubdrib
Glubbdubdrib (also spelled Glubbdubdribb in some editions) was an island of sorcerers and magicians, one of the imaginary countries visited by
Lemuel Gulliver in the satire "Gulliver's Travels " byAnglo-Irish authorJonathan Swift .The inhabitants of Glubbdubdrib can wield magic, and most of their technology is utilized through magical means.
On visiting Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver had the occasion, thanks to the power of their
necromancer s, to speak withBrutus ofancient Rome , whom Gulliver greatly admired, among many other famous historical personages, includingSocrates . Many ideas of historians were corrected this way. Gulliver gets a new view of historians and heroes.
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